US4484115A
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Brushless motor
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1982-06-28
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Granted: 1984-11-20
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Expires: 2002-06-28
Abstract
Abstract A brushless motor comprising seven or more armature windings mounted on a stator, a field magnet mounted on a rotating shaft to rotate therewith with respect to the armature windings, a plurality of semiconductor commutating devices, each being connected to one of the armature windings, and Hall sensors for detecting the polarity of magnetic fields immediately opposite the windings. Each commutating device controls the direction of the electric current to be fed to its respective armature winding, according to the magnetic polarity detected by the Hall sensors. The armature windings are connected together at one end thereof and are connected to respective commutating devices at the other ends thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiteru Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 01:57
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; H02K29/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A brushless motor comprising seven or more armature windings mounted on a stator, field magnets mounted on a rotating shaft to rotate therewith with respect to the armature windings, a plurality of semi-conductor commutating devices each being connected to one of the armature windings and having position detecting elements which detect the polarity of the field magnet directly opposite to each armature winding, said each commutating device controlling the direction of the electric current to be fed to a respective armature winding according to the polarity detected by a respective position detecting element, characterized in that said armature windings are connected together at one end thereof and are connected to a respective commutating device at the other end thereof whereby the motor simultaneously energizes a majority of the armature windings thereby enhancing the produced torque.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
A brushless motor comprising seven or more armature windings mounted on a stator, field magnets mounted on a rotating shaft to rotate therewith with respect to the armature windings, a plurality of semi-conductor commutating devices each being connected to one of the armature windings and having position detecting elements which detect the polarity of the field magnet directly opposite to each armature winding, said each commutating device controlling the direction of the electric current to be fed to a respective armature winding according to the polarity detected by a respective position detecting element, characterized in that said armature windings are connected together at one end thereof and are connected to a respective commutating device at the other end thereof whereby the motor simultaneously energizes a majority of the armature windings thereby enhancing the produced torque.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
A brushless motor as defined in claim 1 in which each magnetic pole of said field magnet has a fan shape having a defined angle and each of said armature winding is shaped so that the conductor portions thereof utilized for developing torque formed therein has an angle substantially equal to said defined angle of the magnetic pole of the field magnet.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A brushless motor as defined in claim 2 in which said armature windings are arranged at equal intervals spaced from each other so as not overlap one another.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A brushless motor as defined in claim 3 in which said field magnet has the same number of S poles and N poles alternately formed thereon, the number being not less than five.
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